2 Kings 10 (NET)

2 Kings 10:1¹Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 13:32Judg 8:301 Kgs 16:241 Kgs 16:281 Kgs 21:8-142 Chr 22:92 Kgs 5:3Deut 16:18Judg 10:4Judg 12:14

2 Kings 10:2²“You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:6

2 Kings 10:3³pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:24-251 Kgs 12:20-211 Sam 10:241 Sam 11:152 Sam 2:12-172 Sam 2:8-9Deut 17:14-15John 18:36

2 Kings 10:4⁴They were absolutely terrified and said, “Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:242 Kgs 9:27Isa 27:4Jer 49:19Luke 14:31Nah 1:6

2 Kings 10:5⁵So the palace supervisor, the city commissioner, the leaders, and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects! Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:321 Kgs 20:4Josh 9:112 Kgs 18:14Josh 9:8Jer 27:17Jer 27:7-8John 12:26Josh 9:24-25

2 Kings 10:6⁶He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent men of the city were raising them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 2:20-231 Kgs 21:8-112 Kgs 9:32Deut 5:9Isa 14:21-22Job 21:19Josh 7:24-25Luke 9:50Matt 12:30Num 25:4

2 Kings 10:7⁷When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:212 Kgs 11:12 Chr 21:42 Kgs 10:9Judg 9:5-57Matt 14:8-11

2 Kings 10:8⁸The messenger came and told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:142 Sam 11:18-21Deut 21:23Mark 6:28

2 Kings 10:9⁹In the morning he went out and stood there. Then he said to all the people, “You are innocent. I conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all of these men?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:14-241 Sam 12:3Hos 1:4Isa 5:3

2 Kings 10:10¹⁰Therefore take note that not one of the Lord’ s words which he pronounced against Ahab’s dynasty will fail to materialize. The Lord has done what he announced through his servant Elijah.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:291 Kgs 21:192 Kgs 9:7-101 Kgs 21:21-242 Kgs 9:36Zech 1:61 Sam 15:291 Sam 3:19Jer 44:28-29Mark 13:31

2 Kings 10:11¹¹Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 18:191 Kgs 14:101 Kgs 15:291 Kgs 16:111 Kgs 18:191 Kgs 18:401 Kgs 21:221 Kgs 22:62 Kgs 23:20Hos 1:4

2 Kings 10:12¹²Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 10:13¹³Jehu encountered the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are Ahaziah’s relatives. We have come down to see how the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons are doing.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 8:292 Kgs 8:242 Chr 21:172 Chr 22:1-102 Kgs 9:21-27

2 Kings 10:14¹⁴He said, “Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them by the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:182 Chr 22:102 Chr 22:82 Kgs 10:10-112 Kgs 10:62 Kgs 11:12 Kgs 8:18

2 Kings 10:15¹⁵When he left there, he met Jehonadab son of Rekab who had been looking for him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Are you as committed to me as I am to you?” Jehonadab answered, “I am!” Jehu replied, “If so, give me your hand.” So he offered his hand and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 35:14-191 Chr 2:55Ezek 17:18Ezra 10:191 Chr 12:17-18Gal 4:122 Kgs 10:132 Kgs 9:21Acts 8:31Gal 2:9

2 Kings 10:16¹⁶Jehu said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord ’s cause.” So he took him along in his chariot.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:102 Kgs 10:31Matt 6:51 Kgs 19:141 Kgs 19:172 Kgs 9:7-9Ezek 33:31Matt 6:2Num 23:4Num 24:13-16

2 Kings 10:17¹⁷He went to Samaria and killed each of Ahab’s remaining family members who were in Samaria until he destroyed them, in keeping with the Lord’ s message which he had announced to Elijah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:82 Chr 22:81 Kgs 21:212 Kgs 10:10-112 Kgs 9:25-26Mal 4:1Ps 109:8-9

2 Kings 10:18¹⁸Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:31-321 Kgs 18:191 Kgs 18:221 Kgs 18:402 Kgs 3:2Job 13:7Phil 4:8Rom 3:8

2 Kings 10:19¹⁹So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fails to appear will lose his life.” But Jehu was tricking them so he could destroy the servants of Baal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:61 Kgs 18:191 Thess 2:32 Cor 11:13-152 Cor 11:32 Cor 12:16-182 Cor 4:22 Kgs 10:182 Kgs 3:13Job 13:7

2 Kings 10:20²⁰Then Jehu ordered, “Make arrangements for a celebration for Baal.” So they announced it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 1:14Exod 32:51 Kgs 18:19-201 Kgs 21:12

2 Kings 10:21²¹Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:322 Kgs 11:18Joel 3:11-14Joel 3:2Judg 16:27Rev 16:16

2 Kings 10:22²²Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:2Matt 22:11-12

2 Kings 10:23²³Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:30Matt 13:41Matt 25:32-33

2 Kings 10:24²⁴They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, “If any of the men inside gets away, you will pay with your lives!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:30-42

2 Kings 10:25²⁵When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers, “Come in and strike them down! Don’t let any escape!” So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 16:6-71 Kgs 18:40Ezek 22:21-22Deut 13:6-11Exod 32:27Ezek 9:5-7

2 Kings 10:26²⁶They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:232 Kgs 19:182 Kgs 3:22 Sam 5:21

2 Kings 10:27²⁷They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 2:5Dan 3:29Ezra 6:111 Kgs 16:322 Chr 34:3-72 Kgs 18:42 Kgs 23:7-14Deut 7:25Deut 7:5Lev 26:30

2 Kings 10:28²⁸So Jehu eradicated Baal worship from Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 10:29²⁹However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 12:28-301 Kgs 13:33-341 Kgs 14:161 Cor 8:9-131 Sam 2:242 Kgs 13:112 Kgs 13:22 Kgs 14:242 Kgs 15:182 Kgs 15:24

2 Kings 10:30³⁰The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:352 Kgs 13:12 Kgs 13:102 Kgs 14:231 Kgs 20:421 Kgs 21:221 Kgs 21:291 Sam 15:18-242 Kgs 15:8-12Ezek 29:18-20

2 Kings 10:31³¹But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 10:29Prov 4:23Heb 2:1Ps 78:101 Kgs 14:161 Kgs 2:42 Chr 6:162 Kgs 3:3Dan 9:10Deut 10:12-13

2 Kings 10:32³²In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:172 Kgs 8:122 Kgs 13:222 Kgs 13:252 Kgs 14:25

2 Kings 10:33³³He conquered all the land of Gilead, including the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh, extending all the way from the Aroer in the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 1:3-4Deut 2:36Deut 3:12-17Josh 13:9-12Num 32:33-42

2 Kings 10:34³⁴The rest of the events of Jehu’s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:411 Kgs 14:191 Kgs 14:292 Kgs 12:192 Kgs 13:8

2 Kings 10:35³⁵Jehu passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:211 Kgs 14:201 Kgs 14:311 Kgs 2:102 Kgs 13:12 Kgs 13:7-82 Sam 7:12

2 Kings 10:36³⁶Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI